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Ryan J. Watts sold $7.4M of DNLI

President and CEO at Denali Therapeutics Inc.. 495,282 shares at an average of $15.00, traded Jul 9, 2025, filed Jul 11, 2025.

Warning score
35
Value
$7.4M
495,282 shares
Holdings after
253,071
-66% from before
From 52-week low
+31%
low $11.47, close $15.00
From 52-week high
-53%
high $31.58, as of Jul 9, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $7.4M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 66% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

DNLIOct 9, 2026 · close 19.45
Since filing Jul 11, 2025: +34.0%SPY +26.5% · excess +7.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001714899-25-000149, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jul 9, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+455,282$0.68$310k708,353Jul 11, 2025
Jul 9, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+40,000$5.28$211k748,353Jul 11, 2025
Jul 9, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-495,282$15.00$7.4M253,071Jul 11, 2025
Jul 9, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-455,282$0.00$0622,809Jul 11, 2025
Jul 9, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-40,000$0.00$020,369Jul 11, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Denali Therapeutics Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
36Weak
DNLIsell 3
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Peter Scott Chin
Chief Medical Officer
$37k
1,654 shares
-1%
33Weak
DNLIsell 310b5-1
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Nancy Thornberry
director
$262k
11,439 shares
-37%
18Weak
DNLIsell 310b5-1
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Alexander O. Schuth
COFO and Secretary
$65k
2,768 shares
-1%
10Weak
DNLIsell 210b5-1
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Carole Ho
Chief Medical Officer
$52k
3,743 shares
-2%
29Weak
DNLIsell 2
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Alexander O. Schuth
COFO and Secretary
$40k
2,937 shares
-1%
43Moderate
DNLIsell 5
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Steve E. Krognes
director
$69k
3,339 shares
-11%
67Notable
DNLIsell 5
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Ryan J. Watts
President and CEO
$751k
36,916 shares
-13%
44Moderate
DNLIsell 5
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Alexander O. Schuth
COFO and Secretary
$308k
15,162 shares
-6%
44Moderate
DNLIsell 5
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Carole Ho
Chief Medical Officer
$308k
15,162 shares
-8%
18Weak
DNLIsell 510b5-1
Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Vicki L Sato
director
$64k
3,080 shares
-3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Ryan J. Watts sold $7.4M of DNLI | InsiderTell